Improvement in spooling-guides



S Patented May 27, 1879.

is??? J O. SULLIVAN. Spoofing-Guide.

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IMPROVEMENT IN SPOOLlNG-GUIDES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,990, dated May 27, 1879 application filed November 16, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gonnnmons SULLIVAN, of Three Rivers, in the county of Hampden and State of.Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Yarn-Guide for Spooling- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to furnish a movable guide for spools in spoolin g-machines; and it consists of a flanged and slotted head, in which is a slotted plate, held in a horizontal position by set-screws. From this plate rises the guide, which is composed of two crescentshaped arms turnedin opposite directions, one fixed to the slotted plate, and the other adjustedby a set-screw passed through a slot in it's"lower end and entered into the slotted plate,

whereby, when the yarn is being wound and grows upon the spool, the guide moves laterally and carries the yarn, so that it is at all times in line with the periphery of the wound yarn, and is thus fed evenly to the spool. I

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improvement guiding the yarn from the bobbin to the spool. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a detail of the guide.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. I

Referring to the drawings, A represents the bobbin. Bis the spool, and O is the guide. D represents the frame, in which the guide is placed. It is composed of the slotted head a, with a shank, b, screw-threaded, which is entered into a plate, a, between the bobbin and the spool.

In the slot in the head a, to one side, is fastened a plate, E, by screws (1 (2, passed through slots 6 e in said plate ,and entered into the head. From the middle of this plate E rise the two crescent-shaped arms f f, the former fixed to the plate, while the latter is held in place by a screw, g, passed through a slot, 9, and entered into the plate. The slot g allows the arm f to be moved to and from the arm f, so that the space between them can be increased and diminished to accommodate it to the passage between them of difierent-sized yarn.

The edges of the head a on both sides of the the top, as shown at h h. This gives a smooth surface for the yarn to pass over, and thus there is no danger of its being cut or broken.

The operation of my invention is as follows: As the yarn is being spooled it passes from the bobbin over the flange h, through the slot between the arms f f,- then over the flange h, and thence to the spool. As it grows on the spool and the diameter of the wound yarn increases it is essential to the evenness of the winding that the feeding should be exactly in line with the periphery of the wound yarn on the spool. For this purpose the plate E has a lateral movement, the slots 0 permitting it to move on the screws d, and thus as move sidewise and it is fed to the proper point on the spool.

By this arrangement it will be readily seen 'that the yarn can be fed and wound more evenly than if the guide were fixed and fed it from one point.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As an improvement in yarn-guides for spooling-machines, the slotted plate E, provided with the arms f f, one of which is adj us'tably secured to the said plate, in combination with the slotted head a, provided with the setscrcws d (1, upon which the slotted plate has a lateral movement, and with flanges h h, over which the yarn from the bobbin A to the spool B passes, substantially as and for the purpose described.

OORNELIOUS SULLIVAN. WVitnesses BENJ. B. DAILEY,

Bonus 0. KNOWLTON.

slot are provided with flanges rounded over the yarn grows on the spool the arms ff 

